SYMA S. LEVINE slevine@clmlaw.com Harvard Law School J.D. 1981, Cum Laude Columbia Law School Harlan Fisk Stone Scholar, 1981 Barnard College, B.A. 1978 Honors Phi Beta Kappa Summa Cum Laude

Syma Levine is counsel to CLM. Ms. Levine enjoys substantial expertise in health care transactional and regulatory work, employment law, and general corporate matters. Representing a broad client base, she enjoys significant experience in negotiating complex deals and drafting sophisticated legal documents, as well as in commercial litigation.      Ms. Levine is often involved in employment matters such as hiring, executive compensation and severance packages; negotiation of restrictive covenants; discipline, terminations, and benefits; policy statements and employment and compliance manuals; and counseling and training of management and staff. Representing multi-national clients doing business in Israel, Ms. Levine also served as special counsel in Labor and Employment Law to Herzog, Fox, Neeman Law Offices in Tel Aviv, Israel.       Working with health care providers ranging from individual physicians and their practice groups to ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals, Ms. Levine negotiates and prepares agreements in connection with practice development, acquisitions, and dissolutions. Ms. Levine frequently counsels clients to assure compliance with the vast set of regulations affecting the health care industry, including Federal and State Stark and Anti-Kickback Laws and has assisted clients in matters involving Medicaid audits and OPMC issues.       On the corporate side, Ms. Levine’s clients include privately held companies, for whom she provides the day-to-day business advice. Her experience also includes litigation, arbitration and mediation. In connection with her litigation experience, Ms. Levine capably researches and analyzes complex theories of law, and prepares the necessary memoranda of law for presentation to the Court.      Ms. Levine’s writings include: "Hospital Outsourcing Continues to Expand," Hospital and Healthcare Newsletter (March 2004); “Toward Competent Counsel,” 13 Rutgers Law Journal, No.2, 227-284 (1982); and "A Theoretical Analysis of the Effects of Affirmative Action on Self-Concept and Personal Expectations," Barnard Journal of Psychology (Spring 1978).      Ms. Levine is admitted to the New York and New Jersey State Bars and the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.  Ms. Levine is a member of the American Bar Association and the Nassau County Jewish Lawyers Association. At the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County, Ms. Levine is a member of the Board of Education and is the Attorney Advisor for the Mock Trial Team.